Queen Elizabeth's Academy

{{About|the secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire|the secondary school in Atherstone, Warwickshire|The Queen Elizabeth Academy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Queen Elizabeth's Academy | image = File:Queen Elizabeth's School, Mansfield - geograph.org.uk - 121607.jpg | alt = Range of dressed stone Tudor styled buildings stretching left to right, with grass playing fields to front | caption = The old School House with assembly hall to far right and main playing field to front | motto = Semper eadem | motto_translation = Always the same | logo = File:QE Mansfield logo.png | logo_alt = Multi coloured school badge (as a shield shaped coat of arms) with motto underneath having school name as a stylised script to the right side | address = Chesterfield Road South | location = Mansfield | county = Nottinghamshire | country = England | postal_code = NG19 7AP | coordinates = | type = Academy | religious_affiliation = Church of England | trust = Diverse Academies Trust | established = {{Start date|1561|df=yes}} | closed = | local_authority = Nottinghamshire | ofsted = yes | urn = 144486 | head_label = Principal | head = Donna Percival | staff = | gender = Co-educational | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | enrollment = 603 | enrollment_as_of = April 2021 | colours = | website = {{URL|https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/}} }} [[File:Old Queen Elizabeth Girls School, Mansfield (5).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The old Girls' School main building is Grade II listed, together with the boundary wall and gate pillars.<ref>[https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/downloads/file/451/listed-building-descriptions Listed Buildings in Mansfield District] Mansfield District Council. Retrieved 5 February 2022</ref> The building was converted into residential apartments,<ref>[https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/downloads/file/457/crow-hill-drive Crow Hill Drive Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan] Mansfield District Council, April 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2022</ref> with planning consent granted in 1997 for 25 four-and-five bedroomed new-build houses within the grounds.<ref>[https://planning.mansfield.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=ZZZZS2KMMA293&activeTab=summary Reserved matterers application for erection of 25 No. 4 and 5 bedroom detached houses with garages] Mansfield District Council Planning, January–March, 1997. Retrieved 5 February 2022</ref>]] '''Queen Elizabeth's Academy''' (formerly The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed School)<ref>"Striving for Excellence." Mansfield Street Plan, 2004-2005, p.38. Published by Burrows Communications</ref> is a co-educational Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in Mansfield in the English county of Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/|title=Home|website=Queen Elizabeth’s Academy}}</ref>

==History== The school was first established in 1561 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, after whom the school is named. Celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary in July 2011 included a gala day and garden party.<ref>"Chairman is 'proud' of QE milestone." ''Chad'', 13 July 2011, p.19. Accessed 18 February 2023</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chad.co.uk/education/mansfield-school-launches-460th-anniversary-celebrations-3125311|title=Mansfield school launches 460th anniversary celebrations|website=www.chad.co.uk|date= 5 February 2021}}</ref>

A sports pavilion was erected on the main playing field, chiefly funded by old boys to honour those from the school who had died in the first war. It was opened in 1928 by Field Marshal Viscount Allenby.<ref>"Remembering those Mansfield QE pupils who made ultimate sacrifice" ''Chad'', 26 October 2011, p.12. Accessed 15 October 2025</ref>

===Grammar school=== For many years it was known as '''Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School''' ('''QEGS''') for Boys, after the Queen had issued Letters Patent authorising a Free Grammar School in Mansfield. Originally situated in buildings at Church Side, close to St Peter's Church in Mansfield town centre, construction of the present buildings started in 1875 with the school taking residence in 1878. In 1993, the school merged with the former Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Girls.<ref name="Annals">[https://www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk/content/place/mansfield/mansfield-miscellaneous/annals-of-mansfield-from-1086-to-1999 ANNALS OF MANSFIELD FROM 1086 TO 1999] Crute, David. ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk (Mansfield District Council Museum Service). Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/image/22881/Queen_Elizabeths_Grammar_School_for_Boys_Mansfield_c_1956 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Mansfield, c 1956] Inspire (Nottinghamshire County Council Library Services). Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref><ref>[https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/186 Mansfield - Queen Elizabeth Boys' Grammar] Roll of Honour, Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bF2vGwAACAAJ A History Of Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School For Boys Mansfield] Brettel, L. Book listing at Google Books. Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bF2vGwAACAAJ A History Of Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School For Boys Mansfield] Author listing at Google Books. Retrieved 6 August 2021</ref>

===Girls' School=== From 1875, school trustees were allowed to contribute £1,000 annually to the provision of girls' education. A temporary facility was established in a semi-detached house on Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, during 1884, opening in January, 1885 with 35 pupils. Expansion necessitated purchase of the house next door until new school buildings were established nearby, to open on 22 September 1891 with 143 pupils. The girls' school operated independently until August 1993, after which it was amalgamated into the boys' school premises.<ref>Queen Elizabeth's former pupils help launch display at Mansfield Museum. ''Chad'', 2010, pp.4-5. Accessed 5 February 2022</ref>

===Comprehensive=== In more modern times it was a voluntary aided school administered by Nottinghamshire County Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/133281|title=The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed School - GOV.UK|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}</ref>

In 2011 the school was placed into special measures after a critical Ofsted report deriving from a March audit was published in May.<ref>"QE will strive for Academy status". ''Chad'', 1 June 2011, p.5. Accessed 30 September 2021</ref> In January 2012 The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School converted to academy status and was renamed Queen Elizabeth's Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137749|title=Queen Elizabeth's Academy - GOV.UK|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}</ref>

In September 2016 the school became part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership trust (DALP) following an "inadequate" finding from a January 2016 Ofsted report, including "leadership and management" – the third time in four years that the worst rating had been issued.<ref>Struggling schools join trust. ''Chad'', 7 September 2016, p.13. Accessed 9 January 2022</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diverseacademies.org.uk/our-academies/secondary/|title=Secondary}}</ref> It continues to be a Church of England school under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/our-academy/siams/|title=SIAMS}}</ref>

==Subjects== Queen Elizabeth's Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/curriculum/our-curriculum/|title = Our curriculum}}</ref> while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsfc-ac.org.uk/curriculum/|title=Curriculum|access-date=26 April 2021|archive-date=26 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426094322/https://www.hsfc-ac.org.uk/curriculum/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sixth form education at Queen Elizabeth's Academy is offered as part of the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre, a consortium of three schools within the Diverse Academies Trust based at a dedicated site in Hucknall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/sixth-form/our-sixth-form/|title=Our sixth form}}</ref>

==Notable former pupils== {{more citations needed section|date=November 2021}}

===Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys=== * James Barnes (cricketer) * Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth, first vice-chancellor from 1965 to 1985 of the University of Warwick<ref>''Birmingham Daily Post'' Wednesday 27 May 1970, page 21</ref> * Darrell Clarke, former professional football player and football manager, most recently of Port Vale F.C. * Samuel Jebb * David Pye (zoologist),<ref name="Institute of Physics At Home">{{cite web|title=At Home event - David Pye biographical details|url=http://www.ioprems.co.uk/my_root/flyers_past/flyers_2008_q1/2008_01_10_AH.pdf|publisher=Institute of Physics|date=10 January 2008|accessdate=10 November 2021|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811084149/https://ioprems.co.uk/my_root/flyers_past/flyers_2008_q1/2008_01_10_AH.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Professor of Zoology from 1973 to 1991 at Queen Mary and Westfield College * Mike Woodcock, Conservative MP from 1983 to 1992 for Ellesmere Port and Neston

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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk/}}

Category:Academies in Nottinghamshire Category:Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Category:Educational institutions established in the 1560s Category:Schools in Mansfield Category:Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire Category:1561 establishments in England